You have to respect Subban’s commitment to gamesmanship, even though he’s bound to catch flack from some for not having his head in the game. This is part of what makes Subban such an appealing person — he likes to have fun, even when the stakes are the highest.

The biggest winner in all of this is Listerine, which joined in on the fun Monday evening after being deafeningly quiet about the whole thing up until this point.

We don’t know who is going to win, but we do know @PKSubban1 breath is going to be on point for game 4.

They’ve got a star player on the sport’s biggest stage name-dropping their brand on television. They’ve even got fans holding up cardboard cutouts of their product, and given Nashville’s propensity for throwing things, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a tiny turquoise bottle on the ice Monday night.